Resolved by the National Committee and Council, in General Council convened,
That if any person or persons, not citizens of the Cherokee Nation, shall bring
into the Cherokee Nation at the seat of Government, during the sitting of the
General council, any shows such as wax figures, or such as lay actors, such
person or persons shall pay a tax of eight dollars, for the benefit of the Treasury
of the Cherokee Nation.

Resolved by the Committee and Council, in General Council convened,
That the law passed November 12th 1822, authorizing the several Circuit Judges,
to preside over the Supreme Court, and the law passed 14th October, 1825, requiring
the Circuit Judges of the Several Districts to review and decide upon all cases,
appealed from the District Courts, be, and the same are hereby,repealed; and
in lieu thereof, the Supreme Judges elected agreeably to the Constitution, shall
compose the Supreme Court, and shall have full power to try, and decide all
cases upon the Supreme Court docket, that remain untried, which may come under
the jurisdiction of the laws of the Nation,and shall have complete cognizance
of all cases appealed from the several circuit Courts, as may be pointed out
by law. The Supreme Court shall also have power to act and decide upon
criminal cases without reference to appeals from the Circuit Courts.

Resolved by the Committee and Council in General Council convened,
That the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation shall commence its session on
the second Monday of October in each year, at New Echota.

Be it further Resolved, that such session of the Supreme Court shall
not continue longer than three weeks.
Be it further Resolved, That in case the Supreme Court docket shall be
cleared before the expiration of the above mentioned time, it shall adjourn
until the next annual session.
Be it further Resolved, That the compensation of the Supreme Judges shall
be,for each of them, four Dollars per day, during the sitting of the Supreme
Court.
New Echota, Oct. 20th 1828.
LEWIS ROSS. Pres't Com.
Concur'd, GOING SNAKE,Sp'k'r Coun.
Approv'd JNO. ROSS.

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Resolved by the Committee and Council, in General Council convened, That
the National Marshal shall enter into a bond with sufficient securities, in
a penal sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties
that may be required of him.
Be it further Resolved, That it shall be his duty to attend the Supreme
Court annually during its session, and to execute all decisions which may be
made, or have it done by the sheriffs of the several Districts, and all other
business in which the Cherokee Nation may become a party,within the jurisdiction
of the Nation.
Be it further Resolved, That he shall receive for services, a salary
of one hundred Dollars per annum, and shall so be allowed 8 per cent for collection.
New Echota, Oct.21th (sic), 1826.
LEWIS ROSS,Pres't Comm.
Concurr'd GOING SNAKE,Sp'k'r. Coun.
Approv'd, JNO. ROSS.

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Resolved by the National Committee and Council, in General Council convened;
That all officers, appointed under the authority of this Nation, who are required
to give bond and sufficient security, for the faithful performance of their
duties, and whose offices require a Commission from the principal Chief, shall
e required to enter into bonds with the Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation,and
shall be required to produce a certificate from the managers of the election,
certifying that they have been legally elected; and it shall be the duty of
the Treasurer to receive their bonds,and issue a certificate to each officer
so bound, which, when presented to the Principal Chief, shall be sufficient
evidence for his commission to be granted.
New Echota, 22nd October 1828.

Resolved by the National Committee and Council, in General Council convened,
That so much of the law passed 24th October, 1827, supplementary to the law
passed 5th Nov, 1825, requiring the Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation to call
in all monies, loaned out of the Treasury, on the first Monday in October, 1828,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.'
Be it further Resolved,That any person or persons, who may be owing the
National Treasury by bond for loaned money, shall be allowed on month, from
the passage of this resolution, to renew his bond or their bonds int he Treasury,
by paying up the interest due thereon and giving sufficient securities; and
that they shall be required to pay up the full amount of their bonds with the
interest, by three installments,six months, each, the first instalment and interest
to be paid seven months after the passing of this resolution, and the second
installment to be paid six months thereafter, &c.
Be it further Resolved,That in case any person or persons who may fail
to renew his bond or their bonds, by paying up the interest, within the space
of one month, as provided above, the Treasurer shall proceed to have the full
amount of his bond or their bonds, with the interest due thereon, collected,
agreeably to law.
New Echota, October 22nd, 1828.
LEWIS ROSS.Pres't Committee,
Concurr'd GOING SNAKE,Sp'k'r Coun.
Approved-JNO. ROSS.
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Resolved by the National Committee and Council, in General Council convened,
That the resolution passed 24th Oct. 1827, prolonging the suspension of the
poll tax law, be, and the same is hereby prolonged for the term of one year,and
the law imposing a tax on citizen merchants, is also hereby suspended for the
above mentioned term.
New Echota, Oct. 28th 1828.
LEWIS ROSS.Pres't Com.
Concur'd GOING SNAKE,Sp'k'r. Coun.
Approved.-JNO. ROSS.

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Resolved by the Committee and Council, in General Council convened,That
there shall be appointed, by the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, two
committees, of two members each, one in each judicial circuit, whose duty it
shall be to visit the different schools in the Nation, within the respective
districts of their circuits at the public examinations of said schools, once
a year, and to report to the General Council annually, on the number of scholars
progress of education, &c.
Be it further Resolved, That they shall be paid one dollar per day, while
in actual service out of any monies in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
New Echota, Oct. 30th 1828.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres't Committee
Concurred-GOING SNAKE-Speaker.
Approved.-JNO. ROSS.
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Resolved by the Committee and Council in General Council convened, T%hat
it shall not be lawful to exact toll or ferriage at any of the turnpikes, toll-bridges,
or ferries within the limits of the Cherokee Nation from citizens of the Nation.
New Echota, Nov. 4th 1828.
LEWIS ROSS,Pres't Com.
Concur'd-GOING SNAKE-Sp'k'r. Coun.
Approved-JNO. ROSS.

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